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SCA: security update for ansible (GHSA-wqq5-c89p-3wc3)
critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 434640
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- Ansible before 1.6.7 does not prevent inventory data with "{{" and "lookup" substrings, and does not
prevent remote data with "{{" substrings, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1)
crafted lookup('pipe') calls or (2) crafted Jinja2 data. (CVE-2014-4966)
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Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 434640
Version: Revision 1.3
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 8/19/2025
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.9
Percentile: 57.12
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Critical
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-4966
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.3
Threat Score: 8.1
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2014
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2014-4966
BID: 68794
cwe: CWE-74